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REACh/YCO provide roof coating info, discounts
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Posted on Sep 15 2005
If you’re looking for ways to reduce energy costs at home or work, the Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (REACh) of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, the Department of Public Works Energy Division and a local hardware store are collaborating again this week in introducing energy-saving products.
Today, Sept. 16, REACh will partner with YCO Do-It-Best in Chalan Piao to provide information and cost-savings on reflective roof coating. The roof coating will also be offered at 15 percent off the regular price throughout the day. REACh will be on-site from 8am to 2pm to demonstrate energy efficient products and answer questions about roof coating. The Department of Public Works Energy Division will be present to distribute compact fluorescent lights with qualified purchases
Reflective roof products reflect the sun’s heat and prevent it from entering a home or building, reducing the amount of electricity needed to run air conditioning. Reflective roof products promote cost and energy savings, downsized air-conditioning equipment, lowered surrounding air temperature, and decreased pollution.
REACh has undertaken a project to apply reflective roof coating to 17 Saipan households under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as part of an initiative to help low-income families reduce their energy costs. Two households on Rota and one on Tinian have also been randomly selected to receive the product.
REACh is a $150,000 competitive annual federal grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. DCCA has been awarded the grant for three consecutive years. (PR)
